Principal Mining Engineer

15 hours ago

Sydney, Australia SLR Consulting Full time

About the business and the role
SLR comprises over 3,500 staff across 6 global regions, with 35+ Technical Disciplines covering Engineering, Environmental, Scientific and Advisory Services. In the Asia Pacific region (SLR APAC), SLR has over 850 employees located throughout 24 offices. Our globally integrated Mining Advisory Group includes Geologists, Mining Engineers, Metallurgists, Geotechnical Engineers, Civil Engineers, and Environmental Scientists with extensive experience in the mining and exploration industries.  

With team members in Australia, USA, Canada, Europe and Africa, SLR’s Mining Advisory Group provides advisory services to the mining sector at all stages of project development from exploration and resource evaluation through scoping, prefeasibility and feasibility studies, financing, permitting, construction, operation, and closure and rehabilitation. We provide support to major mining companies, mid-caps, junior mining and exploration companies, financial institutions, governments, law firms and individual investors on the technical and commercial aspects of mineral property development and have extensive experience in all commodities and mining areas of the world. 

SLR is seeking an experienced Principal Mining Engineer with circa 15+ years’ experience to join our APAC Mining Advisory team.  Our team is well established from a global perspective and growing from a local perspective in Australia. You will work with closely with our global team alongside two Principal Resource Geologists in our Perth office. We expect the team to continue to expand in 2025. 

In addition to strong technical skills, you’ll also have strong communication skills, and be able to deliver clear findings through meetings, technical reports, and presentations to both technical and non-technical people.  You will have a broad understanding of the mining industry and the interplay of sector’s technical, environmental, scientific, and financial disciplines. You’ll enjoy a flexible and dynamic work environment that is collaborative and client centric in nature. You’ll enjoy passing on your knowledge and mentoring junior staff as the team grows in the coming years. 
 

Responsibilities
This role offers significant career rewards and opportunities for expanding technical knowledge. Utilising your extensive experience in the Mining and consulting industries, this role will see you take part in:

  • Maintaining industry leading standards for mining engineering work
  • Leading and developing mine designs based on the information gathered or provided, depending upon the needs of the client and the scope of the project assigned
  • Open Pit optimization (using Whittle or similar software) and mine design, life-of-mine scheduling and Mineral Reserve estimation using current mine planning and scheduling software packages
  • Estimation of project capital and operating costs and financial modelling and analysis 
  • Economic Assessments, scoping, prefeasibility, and feasibility studies 
  • Assessment, due diligence and technical auditing/review of mines and projects
  • Project management
  • Report writing and client presentations
  • Drive business development in APAC with your well-established network in the industry 

This is a unique opportunity to bring your expertise to a highly engaged team, where your efforts and impact will be recognized and valued immensely.

Experience
As our new Principal Mining Engineer, you will join one of the largest, and most experienced mining advisory teams globally.  The successful candidate will have the following attributes: 

  • Post-secondary degree in mining engineering
  • Circa 15 years’ experience, preferably with some in consulting. 
  • Familiar with international and public disclosure and reporting codes, including JORC, NI 43-101, SK 1300, SAMREC, Competent Persons Reports, and Mineral Expert Reports etc.
  • Extensive experience with mine planning at an operational mine
  • Expert user of at least one industry standard optimization, mine design and scheduling software package such as Datamine, Deswik, Vulcan, Surpac, and Whittle
  • Thorough understanding the CRISCO reporting codes
  • Registered as a Professional Engineer 
  • Competent to act as Qualified and Competent Person for public disclosure of Mineral and Ore Reserve estimation in a range of commodities under country reporting codes (Australia, Canada, USA and Europe most common)
  • Willingness to travel.  Travel requirements vary but a typical team member may carry out 3 to 6 domestic or international trips of 3 to 7 days in duration on an annual basis.
  • Working knowledge or fluency in any of Spanish/French/Portuguese languages would be advantageous

Our Benefits
We are most proud of our diverse, friendly and expert team, who work together to collaborate on projects to get the best possible outcome for our clients. 

Whether you’re enjoying our flexible hybrid work environment, looking to excel through our defined career progression program, or at that time in your life where a supportive and generous parental leave scheme is key…   Our benefits aim to ensure that we cater for all. 

You can find a comprehensive list here.

Next Steps
We make hiring decisions based on your experience, skills and passion. Please note that interviews are conducted with gender diverse interview panels to the best of our ability. When you apply, please tell us the pronouns you use and any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process.

Unsolicited resumes from recruitment consultants will not be accepted. You must be part of the preferred supplier agreement list which is coordinated through our Talent Acquisition team.
 

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